Historical Fishing !

Dorothy Dunnit's 'Gemeni' book describes how 'society' fished in 1497.

Apparently, they attached lines with baited hooks to the legs of geese and swam them out into the water!

 

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what a big goose....

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:02

what a big goose.... lol

 

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Just thought...

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:04

...I'd float that idea. Heard they caught some honkers!

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should have got pamela

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:15

should have got pamela anderson to swim the lines out...... would have caught some hooters then.....Yell

 

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na

Sat, 2008-08-30 17:07

 she would've just float awayEmbarassed

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LOL Boof

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:35

No...wont go there LOL!

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go on...... you know you

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:40

go on...... you know you want to..... i bet you got some good come backs to that to...lol

 

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milkfish and catfish? The

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:41

milkfish and catfish?

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could use a tit mouse for

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:45

could use a tit mouse for bait....lol

 

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OK guys, lets not go too far LOL

Sat, 2008-08-30 16:48

Let's just say the catch would be 'current' LOL Wink

edit - and that would be Katfish Matt LOL

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Using a live duck for bait

Sat, 2008-08-30 17:32

Using a live duck for bait use to be quite common in Asia, but have not seen anyone use a goose.

 

 

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if you didnt catch anything

Sat, 2008-08-30 17:35

if you didnt catch anything you can always eat the goose!!! lol

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Well...

Sat, 2008-08-30 18:15

In asia they used cormerents (spbihafw)

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yep

Sun, 2008-08-31 10:01

They tied fishing line around the cormarents neck so they couldn't swallow, get them to regurgitate and theres their fresh fish.

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Cormarents

Sun, 2008-08-31 14:52

Seen a couple of programs on them, amazing to watch. Poor comarent goes to swallow the fish, but can't get it down due to the line around it's neck. 

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